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[she will give gale a little wave when she sees him down at the swamp. there are a few leeches still attached to her that are trying to suck on her neck and skin and seem to be having a hard time drawing any blood.]
Mr. Wizard, hello there! Look what I found.
[holding up a little dead rat with a bird skull?]
Mr. Wizard, hello there! Look what I found.
[holding up a little dead rat with a bird skull?]
[ oh. it's gross! well, that's fine. he lives with a cat. it's not like he hasn't dealt with a dead rat or two before.
gale is back in his regular clothes with his solid boots that prove more difficult for leeches, and has a cat scratch across his face. ]
... I see.
[ he doesn't see. ]
gale is back in his regular clothes with his solid boots that prove more difficult for leeches, and has a cat scratch across his face. ]
... I see.
[ he doesn't see. ]
[after the npc reveal, laudna can be found sitting out near the pyre on her own, with pâté fluttering nearby. she has her long hair hanging down over her face and she's clearly talking to herself out loud.]
...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!
...Still nothing from you? How long are you going to give me the silent treatment? You're useless!
[ well, that's alright. she can talk to herself and he is aware she's a warlock and has a "mentor." i think it's reasonable to say he can connect the dots perhaps.
he will come over, very non-quietly, so he doesn't startly her. ]
Funny. I've said much the same thing myself before, quite a few times.
he will come over, very non-quietly, so he doesn't startly her. ]
Funny. I've said much the same thing myself before, quite a few times.
[ good morning!!!!!
as he approaches, he scratches at the side of his face briefly with a hand - just. gently trying to divert from where it says `a meaningless death` plastered along the side of his neck. it runs along the strange mark he's always had there: a circle that starts on his chest and has tendrils running on his neck and over his cheek. it seems more obvious now with the ink. ]
Enjoying your new home? Are you aware you are, in fact, the only place with a proper lavatory?
as he approaches, he scratches at the side of his face briefly with a hand - just. gently trying to divert from where it says `a meaningless death` plastered along the side of his neck. it runs along the strange mark he's always had there: a circle that starts on his chest and has tendrils running on his neck and over his cheek. it seems more obvious now with the ink. ]
Enjoying your new home? Are you aware you are, in fact, the only place with a proper lavatory?
[that's so relatable. she's wearing her little gown, the one with lace made to look like tree branches, but the branches turn into ink shapes. but occasionally there are words visible there, too. You're going to the feast, Matilda! is written at the moment.]
Is it really? Is that why you're here? To borrow it?
Is it really? Is that why you're here? To borrow it?
[ hello laudna, where are you hanging around. ]
[ okay some people are hanging out by the pyre but gale is NOT because boothill is in the fucking middle of that thing. horrible. ]
Quite an exciting day, altogether. Apart from the horrible murders and such.
Quite an exciting day, altogether. Apart from the horrible murders and such.
[ yeah, it's fine if you stare a little longingly at a container of vick's vaporub isn't it? its fine to window shop. ]
... No, no it does not. They certainly are making it difficult to say no.
... No, no it does not. They certainly are making it difficult to say no.
[ hello launda, two people and a dog are dead but also you had a very dramatic day yesterday. what the fuck is up with that. ]
Launda? Are you well?
Launda? Are you well?
[ okay well there's a FUCKLOAD here to go through, because wowzers, Laudna. But I guess to start off with, he is a huge romantic and also sensitive to breakups and that one is particularly devastating. If it is a breakup. question mark. it's certainly not great, and he's frowning a lot. ]
Your friend wouldn't be very pleased with my suggestion from the other day.
Your friend wouldn't be very pleased with my suggestion from the other day.
[ he will just come sit nearby, looking over at her embroidery for a moment and folding his hands on his lap. ]
... Did Aerith ever speak of her Planet with you?
... Did Aerith ever speak of her Planet with you?
[ hey girl what the fuck. ]
... Those things she said were not true, for the record. She was trying to hurt you.
... Those things she said were not true, for the record. She was trying to hurt you.
[ WHY THE SPIDERS. ]
Not insects, by the way!
[ SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW BUG FACTS. ]
Not insects, by the way!
[ SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW BUG FACTS. ]
We found Eric, in the Academy.
[ rip eric, a guy who we all definitely knew by that name. ]
[ rip eric, a guy who we all definitely knew by that name. ]
[ he's fucking DEAD
no he's somewhere nearby, sitting and grumbling and looking at the back of his book and trying to buff out a mark on it. his face has a big bruise spreading across one cheek, but honestly he's pretty unharmed considering. ]
Ah. Laudna. He dented my book ...
no he's somewhere nearby, sitting and grumbling and looking at the back of his book and trying to buff out a mark on it. his face has a big bruise spreading across one cheek, but honestly he's pretty unharmed considering. ]
Ah. Laudna. He dented my book ...
[ he has been swamped! he is not against the swamp. well he has maybe a little against the swamp it is very gross and terrible, but sometimes healing just be like that.
he's somewhere where he can at least sit down, and tara is on his lap and looking very possessive and upset. her boy!!!!!!! he's healed over pretty well at least, the hand looks ... very stiff and scarred, but it's intact and the slice down his chest is a raw-looking but sealed wound. not all the way there quite yet.
he's got his big book again, flipping through the pages and taking some notes. ]
Horrible sensory experience. I do not recommend it.
he's somewhere where he can at least sit down, and tara is on his lap and looking very possessive and upset. her boy!!!!!!! he's healed over pretty well at least, the hand looks ... very stiff and scarred, but it's intact and the slice down his chest is a raw-looking but sealed wound. not all the way there quite yet.
he's got his big book again, flipping through the pages and taking some notes. ]
Horrible sensory experience. I do not recommend it.
[ gale is on the boardwalk most of the day, just strolling up and down it, clearly a bit lost in thought.
thoughts you can hear, apparently. `Now of course using it directly on a restoration to life would eliminate all possibility of accidentally perishing via misadventure in the very moments of return--` ]
thoughts you can hear, apparently. `Now of course using it directly on a restoration to life would eliminate all possibility of accidentally perishing via misadventure in the very moments of return--` ]
[ he is not covered in glitter, nor is he angry, but he is pretty distressed. a bear first thing in the morning will do that. ]
I did as well. I suppose this must be the power at work?
I did as well. I suppose this must be the power at work?
[ he can be found sitting somewhere and taking a brief break from the sadness bubble. he's clearly stiff and kinda painful, but hunched over his journal and writing in it furiously. ]
[ help.
the emotion is pure ????????? is that an emotion. it is now. ]
Who? Laudna? What? Why.
the emotion is pure ????????? is that an emotion. it is now. ]
Who? Laudna? What? Why.
[idk somewhere she's recuperating and she also got swamped but idk the effect yet. her emotions are just a messy mix of resentment and misery, but she seems pleased to see gale. there's an ugly edge to that happiness, like she feels glad he's here instead of with astarion.]
Gale!
Gale!
[ oh that's fine, he'll just make the joke. ]
Well, it appears you have won.
[ and then the emotion is immediately regretting saying that because it hurt his own feelings and made himself sadder. the emotion is really just, uh, awful depression. he's not angry, it's just a big dark pit of sad. ]
Well, it appears you have won.
[ and then the emotion is immediately regretting saying that because it hurt his own feelings and made himself sadder. the emotion is really just, uh, awful depression. he's not angry, it's just a big dark pit of sad. ]
[ he's somewhere quiet - like the tea garden maybe - and writing furiously in his journal.
well, he is glad to see her, at least. it breaks through some of the overwhelming guilt he has. ]
... I'm sorry about Kate.
well, he is glad to see her, at least. it breaks through some of the overwhelming guilt he has. ]
... I'm sorry about Kate.
[ hi, he's coming to find her at some point after the plot talk. ]
... So what do you make of the new instructions in our letters?
... So what do you make of the new instructions in our letters?
[ well I don't know what swamp effects he's got yet, but he will get in that swamp and haul himself out, immediately starting to try and squeeze swamp water out of these horrible school uniform clothes. ]
Ah-- Thank you for waiting. I hope it wasn't too long.
Ah-- Thank you for waiting. I hope it wasn't too long.
[ oh ariana we're really in it now
well coming to find her at the pyre. ]
... Hello, Laudna.
well coming to find her at the pyre. ]
... Hello, Laudna.
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